| Title | : | The Village of Gill |
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| ISBN | : | B09JR5FJW7 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 95 |
| Publication | : | Published October 19, 2021 |
The Village of Gill Reviews
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People tend to give you funny looks when you’re discussing a love of Goosebumps and you tell them that the first one you ever read (and your favorite) is Escape from the Carnival of Horrors from the “Reader Beware… You Choose the Scare” series but that is my truth. That’s also a big reason that this book channeled all of that nostalgic choose your own horror fun for me!
I can’t think of another book that I’ve had more fun reading in recent years. The horror is ramped up to 11 from the jump and the gore is abundant but never overdone. Damien’s dark humor is seriously upper echelon of horror comedy. I laughed out loud multiple times and there is a particular running gag that had me dying. All of the characters are fleshed out very well, I could easily picture an entire movie or TV series in my head while reading. Also, one of my favorite parts of Damien’s writing style is the way he nails the ambience and the setting, I could smell the fishy blood and guts. I was completely immersed.
The Village of Gill is a hyper speed, underwater train ride that frequently goes off the rails in beautifully depicted and raucously funny ways. You will not want to get off this insane ride, even after you die over and over again you will want to keep coming back for more chaos!
10 out of 10 will forever recommend!! -
What a person has here, is a few books within a book.
You can literally choose your own adventure path, likely get killed, and double back and choose another path.
There is a brilliant casualness to the way the story is told but it's not half-hearted, because there still manages to be tension and I was nervous over my choices.
The characters are funny, the theme is extremely cool and scary. It's like a horror, comedy, teamed with a parody of situations and people that will not fail to make you laugh.
The author has so much wit and skill and that cover belongs in a frame or on a t-shirt. It's a real homage to the creature features of the 8O's.
This is equal to the classic choose your own adventures I used to adore as a teenager. I did buy several copies so I could hand them out to people that needed a little escapism and a smile.
You will have a craving for pop tarts. Trust me. And also one of the best jokes/lines I have ever read in a book is in this one. I laughed so hard I snorted.
This is wild, horror fun, and it's absolutely worth getting. -
FANTASTIC!! I could not stop laughing. Casey’s sense of humor and made this book shine. The atmosphere was great. I enjoyed the characters dialogue. It’s a fun experience.
I had a had a hard time surviving in his book😆. I am going to try one or two more adventures tonight. The book is a guaranteed good time.
“The Village of Gil” is nonstop fun. This book is one that I will be reading over and over again. I highly recommend it. -
What if your choose-your-own-adventure books from childhood were back, but far more gruesome and hilarious? Casey delivers just that. A spin on Lovecraftian tropes that moves like lightning and never slows down, you'll want to read every version of this story.
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I was laughing my ass off reading this book. Pick a path at the end of the sequence and let fate guide you! I died half-way through the first time, flipped back, picked another choice, got a great- awesome- ending! I will definitely be cracking this one open again. Damien: write more of these!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for a good and fun time! -
"The weekend was set up for the four of them to visit this little fishing town called Gill"
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Spoilers / Review for The Village of Gill by @damienthulhu
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TVOG is a choose your own adventure story by Damien Casey and features Jeff, Barbara Stuart and Carolyn, who decide to go to the village of Gill for a holiday. But decisions need to be made...
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Back in April I took a trip to Gill. It was the first time I'd taken a trip with Damien and looked forward to it!
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It reminded me of Goosebumps and the choose your own adventures of that era. It was good fun walking all these different paths and going back through it and choosing different paths and seeing how it could end. There's some really fun plotlines here and the story is a bit quirky, a bit different but on the whole good fun. I do admire what Damien has done here and his quirky natured story. My minor thing would be I wish in some areas it was longer. Some story lines felt a bit too abrupt. But on the whole I liked this one. I look forward to more from Damien
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Overall 4/5 🦈
Have you visited the Village of Gill? What did you think of it? -
A book you can't stop once you get started. Even if you die multiple times (I died at the first opportunity, and the second, and the third), you keep going back and trying again. I had a blast reading this one. This has all of Damien Casey's humor, his great ear for dialogue, and the sense of fun he puts into all his books. The atmosphere creeps in like fog over the water, and the violence explodes.
He set out to capture the fun of Choose Your Own Adventure books, the creepy insular communities of Lovecraft, and the vibes of 80s VHS horror. The Village of Gill succeeds at all of these. -
ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇ ᴏғ ɢɪʟʟ, by Damien Casey, is a box of poptarts.
After two trains, a taxi, and one boat ride, you’ve finally made it to Gill. It feels like months since you’ve slept in your own bed, and as you make your way to the motel, you realize it’s been just as long since you’ve had anything to eat.
Inside, a woman greets you and the three scars on her neck briefly flutter open. You let it slide. It’s been a long day. You’re not thinking clearly.
Behind her is a shelf of pop-tarts, lined with dust. She hands you the room key. It’s wet. A slimey glaze that drips onto your shoes.
It’s a room service kind of night.
You dial 0 and ask what they have.
“just about everything”
And so you ask for a sandwich.
“We’re outta sandwiches.”
A burger.
“Outta burgers.”
Grilled cheese.
“No can do.”
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒, you breathe into the phone forcefully.
She arrives at your door within minutes carrying the same shelf of pop-tarts that was behind her on the wall.
𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒?
A) Strawberry
B) Blueberry
C) Tilapia
A) You choose strawberry. You tear open the package and greedily shovel the pastries down your gullet. At the final crumb, you notice your hands are covered in tiny red bumps. In fact, your entire body is beginning to swell with hives, and before long your vision goes blurry and pink and the last thing you see before your eyelids weld shut is people— fish? Slithering into the room. Surrounding you.
B) You choose blueberry. They’re stale, hard as concrete. The flavor is long gone, the expiration date ᴅᴇᴄᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 1991. Your stomach alights with cramps, but you survive until the next day.
C) Something must have hit your head along your journey to Gill because you choose Tilapia. Maybe you misread it. Maybe you thought it was a limited edition. Either way, you chose wrong. You bite into one of the pastries and a black ooze leaks onto your fingers. It tastes like sweet anchovies. The woman is smiling at you and her gills tremble in pleasure. You feel a cool air graze your neck and when you reach up to touch, there are deep grooves in the side of your neck.
You’ve become one of them.
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This is a quirky adventure that takes you wherever you want to go. I'm pleased to have made the wrong decision right away, as it gave me a chance to do it again, and find the multiple endings. I think this is worth picking up, and if you'd like a taste of the Choose-Your-Own-Adventures of yesteryear, you should give this one a try.
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I got a bone to pick with Mr. Damien Casey. A rather fishy one. Not only did he kill me around half-a-dozen times with this wild indie choose your own adventure book, but he made me crave Pop-Tarts so much I ordered some and forgot I don't even have a toaster! I think I know for sure now I wouldn't survive a horror movie; I'd be too tempted to make a stupid joke and get myself eaten or something. Anyhoo, The Village of Gill is like a Choose Your Own Scare book, on crack, with a bit of the old Innsmouth look that I had way too much fun with though now I think he ought to buy me a toaster.
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I died the first chance I got. Then I kept doing it, and I laughed harder each time. And then I ate a poptart (which is rather important). The Village of Gill by Damien Casey was a whim purchase that not only led me on a wild ride but also discovering a new amazing author. One who possesses a very gnarly ability of making you cackle and cringe on the same damn page. I became an insta-fan.
This book takes you back to the choose your own adventure reads of your youth and mixes it with the great creature features of the 80s. Damien Casey perfectly laced the humor in this horror story. The adventure keeps getting more and more twisty and ridiculous as the story leads you astray and you end up in more chaotic and fantastical situations the further you go. I had a great time with this short gem of a book. -
This is a book I pick up off and on to see if I will ever beat it. So far I haven't made it to the end of this 'choose your own adventure' horror story. I love the lighthearted camp tone to it. I definitely recommend this little gem.
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Your along for the ride….your fate is chosen for you…..
Now “you” can choose your path grasshopper.
I was shocked by how this story started and ended, definitely something different I wasn’t used too but it was short and entertaining.
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I've not rated it as I'm not sure if it's a printing error but my first read through had a character pop up that wasn't introduced which confused me, so I didn't follow any of the other paths through.
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Super fun choose your own adventure book!!
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This is the first of Damien's books I read. Grew up loving choose your own adventure books. This one doesn't disappoint.
